I am here today to discuss the two Poems‚ ‘If I was the son of an Englishmen’ and ‘the man from Snowy River’ and their different representations and stereotypical aspects in both poems about Australia and Australians are fair and accurate or if they are exaggerated and inaccurate. The author Komninos Zervos wrote the poem ‘If I was the son of an Englishman’ in 1985‚ and later wrote the poem ‘Nobody calls me a Wog anymore’ in 1990. And the author Banjo Patterson the writer of ‘The man from Snowy River’
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10 1 Studieportalen.dk Stine Skourup Bøttger Hansen English project 01.05.2006 Introduction The bulk of the world’s population knows who the aborigines are. Or do they? Most people are aware of‚ that they are the native population of Australia but that is as far as their knowledge reach. It is the
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titled “My Country” and “Australia” to deconstruct and explain how they reflect on the Australian representation. The poem "My Country" was written by Dorothea Mackellar in 1908. She first wrote this literary piece at the age of 23 and it gained so much fame that generations of Australian schoolchildren have learned it. This poesy‚ still to this day‚ is being interpreted to allow viewers to receive a greater understanding of the clear definition and illustration of Australia as a country in the present
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Advantages and Disadvantages of Aid to Australia – Geography Essay The purpose of Australian Aid is to help developing countries around the world eradicate poverty and to promote stability and prosperity both in our region and beyond‚ by providing different types of assistance and financial support. Although Australia receives a number of benefits due to aid‚ several disadvantages can also arise as a result of this link with different countries. Providing aid to developing countries in the
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would link the future development and boom of Asia closely and it is undoubtedly wise and far-sighted. In fact‚ the "look Asian" and "embrace" in Asian policy had been proposed by politicians decades ago. As the financial turmoil sweeps the world‚ Australia finally realized that Asia is the best ally for its future. Melbourne’s newspaper the Age had done a survey‚ asking which career were the most worthy of trust and which careers were the most untrustworthy. The result was that the most trusted professionals
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IMMIGRANTS COMING TO AUSTRALIA. DISCUSS. | | There are too many‚ too few‚ or just enough immigrants coming to Australia. Discuss. Immigration is the semi-permanent or permanent movement from one country to another. There are many factors causing people to leave the country they have been living in such as economic‚ politic‚ cultural and environmental. (National Geographic Society‚ 2005). According to the Migrations Expert (2012)‚ immigration is assumed to have occurred first in Australia over 50‚000
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This paper will discuss the concept of asylum seekers in Australia as part of multiculturalism within the global population flow and critically examine the roles and values of the Australian people towards “uninvited immigrants” and the policies in relation to the recent influx of asylum seekers. Specifically‚ this paper will first give an overview of Australians and asylum seekers‚ then discuss the history of asylum seekers coming to Australia and review the effectiveness of current policies in addressing
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traditional cultural values and modern cultural values that make up the diverse cultures of the East and West. The Europe colonized Australia and transformed the traditional Aboriginal society to a civil and modern society that represents Western ideals. However immigration of other peoples from different nations such as‚ China‚ Vietnam and Africa now make up multicultural Australia. A case study of Campsie suburb will reveal the modern values of the ‘West’ such as technological development‚ the urbanized
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refugees‚ immigration and multiculturalism are all components of a highly significant and hot topic that endures both in Australia‚ and across the globe‚ comprising a rich and complex history that continues to have far ranging implications. In the 1970s it was then Prime Minister‚ Malcolm Fraser‚ pushing Australians to accept the arrival of non-European refugees into Australia‚ and in recent times‚ the controversial Pauline Hanson is leading a political party whose main agenda is to keep as many
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The debate about asylum seekers in Australia is contentious and politically charged‚ but research commissioned by Amnesty International has found that anti-asylum seekers sentiments are not actually fuelled by racism. Australia pride itself on its strong human rights record and its standing as a good global citizen. However deeper analysis and according to recent situation that how boat people are being treated shows that Australia has failed to fulfill with its international human rights obligations
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